Nirmala Srivastava (Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi) Quotes
Innately within us, resides the Spirit which wants to enlighten you, to give the peace, the bliss and the joy of our being.
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I have a younger brother and sister who actually play in my band, and we were always into Disney music, big time. The first time I heard myself sing was when I recorded myself singing a Disney song. I remember it because it was awful, and I didn't expect to hear that. I think it was 'A Whole New World' from 'Aladdin.'
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I really hate to write.
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Reducing debt through budgetary consolidation is essential to restoring Europe's financial health.
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I'm always on the phone because I'm usually not with the people I want to be with.
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My number one thing is to recycle everything from newspaper to aluminum cans, and I even use a canvas bag instead of the plastic ones when I go to the grocery store.
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Practice puts brains in your muscles.
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No matter how bad you think you have it, there's always - always somebody who's got it way, way worse.
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I always thought my best album was 'Trouble in Paradise.' I was the happiest with that one.
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There is evidence that some of al Qaeda's nuclear efforts over the years met with swindles and false leads.
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I didn't make any money from my writing until much later. I published about 80 stories for nothing. I spent on literature.
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You are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humor teaches tolerance.
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I had seen some films made about the underground music world in Tehran, and most of them were short documentaries about 30 or 40 minutes long. And I always wondered why they weren't publicized more. Really, their only flaw was they were short documentaries.
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The American mind, unlike the English, is not formed by books, but, as Carl Sandburg once said to me... by newspapers and the Bible.
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Twenty20 is cricket on speed. In an era of hectic lifestyles and falling attention spans, it gives spectators more drama and intensity in three hours that they would get from a whole-day match. And even though it is a heady cocktail of money, entertainment and media, at its core it is cricket.
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I can be very ordinary looking.
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You do what is manageable, and you do it well rather than trying to do a thousand things just a little bit OK.
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Universities used to prepare young adults for the real world. I dare say the graduates today go in without a clue and graduate without a clue. It's time to acknowledge the college degree is not worth what it was in the past. Times are changing, and so is the way we prepare our youth to survive in a competitive world.
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I have lived and slept in the same bed with English countesses and Prussian farm women... no woman has excited passions among women more than I have.
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Everyone loves each other for the pilot. But once you start to do the show, you see everybody's true colors. If it's successful, people start to change, and then if it's not doing well, people start to change in other ways.
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My father had a passion for love. It's mostly what he talked about in his songs, and I still have his old records today.
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My first job was cutting grass. In Miami, this grass grows everywhere. You just get the lawn mower out, walk down the neighborhood, cut grass.
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Members are more likely to seek counsel from leaders from whom they feel sincere love emanating.
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We already live in a Perfect Universe, but It needs to be seen mentally before It can become a part of our experience.
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Innately within us, resides the Spirit which wants to enlighten you, to give the peace, the bliss and the joy of our being.
